Radio presenter Maajid Nawaz who has been accused of tweeting ‘deranged garbage’ about vaccines by fellow host Iain Dale and was criticised for spreading Covid conspiracy theories has immediately been axed by LBC with ‘fast impact.’
The anti-extremism activist, 43, can be leaving his weekend present with ‘fast impact’, stated the London-based radio station.
It has not but confirmed the rationale for his early departure or a alternative for his lunchtime slot.
However shortly after the announcement, Mr Nawaz stated he ‘refuses to go quietly into the night time’, including the present was ‘his household’s solely supply of revenue’.
The host has confronted criticism for sharing Covid conspiracy theories throughout the pandemic and, most just lately, querying using the booster jab.
Radio presenter Maajid Nawaz (pictured in December 2016), 43, can be leaving his weekend present with ‘fast impact’, stated the London-based radio station
The host has been accused of tweeting ‘deranged garbage’ in regards to the Covid booster vaccine by his colleague Iain Dale (pictured)
In a press release, the radio station stated: ‘Maajid Nawaz’s contract with LBC is up very shortly and following discussions with him, Maajid will now not current a present on LBC with fast impact.
‘We thank Maajid for the contribution he has made to LBC and want him effectively.’
Mr Nawaz tweeted in response: ‘I refuse to go quietly into the night time.
‘Please grow to be a paid subscriber to my substack e-newsletter I will put up there quickly however forgive the essential arrange for now.
‘I’ve a spouse and baby to assist and my present was our household’s solely supply of revenue. Thanks.’
Final month, the radio host was criticised by his colleague over a ‘dangerously irresponsible’ tweet.
Referring to the booster jab, Mr Nawaz wrote on-line: ‘What we do know already, backed up by a lot educational analysis, is that MASS-VACCINATION DURING A PANDEMIC, with a jab that has not been studied for long-term unwanted effects, might be doing extra hurt than good.’
Mr Dale responded in a tweet: ‘Sufficient.
‘What we do know already is that it is dangerously irresponsible to tweet this sort of deranged garbage.
‘What it’s designed to do is to sow seeds of doubt in folks’s minds. What’s extra harmful is to not have the jabs.
‘Given you’ve got had them, why do you tweet this rubbish?’
Mr Nawaz, who’s vaccinated however has stated he will not get the booster, wrote ‘Thuglife’ in response to his fellow radio host calling him harmful.
He additional stated that those that condemned him had been ‘unable to answer any of the substance or factors raised’.
And in November final yr, Mr Nawaz retweeted a ‘fascinating thread’ regarding how the ‘fable’ of a killer coronavirus pandemic had been unfold, including he had no views on the declare.
British-born Nawaz was jailed in Egypt in 2005 for his position in radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
On his return to England in 2006, he renounced his views and shortly established himself as a spokesman on extremism points.
Within the 2015 common election, he was chosen by then Lib Dem get together chief Nick Clegg to struggle the London marginal seat of Hampstead and Kilburn.
The radio station stated: ‘Maajid Nawaz’s contract with LBC is up very shortly and following discussions with him, Maajid will now not current a present on LBC with fast impact’
Final month, the radio host was criticised by his colleague over a ‘dangerously irresponsible’ tweet (Twitter change pictured above)
British-born Nawaz was jailed in Egypt in 2005 for his position in radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir. On his return to England in 2006, he renounced his views and shortly established himself as a spokesman on extremism points
A spokesman for Mr Nawaz beforehand stated: ‘My shopper was imprisoned in Egypt for a political offence beneath the previous Mubarak authorities, having been tried by an distinctive court docket, established beneath Emergency Legislation that suspended the structure.
‘Furthermore, Mubarak’s regime and his therapy of political prisoners have since been indisputably condemned by all Western governments and press.
‘Due to the circumstances beneath which he was imprisoned, Mr Nawaz was adopted by Amnesty Worldwide as a prisoner of conscience.
‘Lastly, Mr Nawaz is now one of many fiercest critics of Islamism on the whole, and of his former group Hizb ut-Tahrir specifically.’
MailOnline has reached out to LBC’s proprietor, World, for additional remark.